Nellyville

Nellyville
Studio album by Nelly
Released	June 25, 2002 (2002-06-25)
Recorded	2001–2002
Genre	Hip hop, R&B, g-funk
Length	79:40
Label	Universal, Fo' Reel
Producer	Nelly (exec.), Waiel "Wally" Yaghnam, The Neptunes, Jason "Jay E" Epperson, Trackboyz, King Jacob, Ryan Bowser, Just Blaze
Nelly chronology
Country Grammar (2000) Nellyville (2002) Sweat (2004)
Singles from Nellyville
"#1" Released: January 29, 2002 "Hot in Herre" Released: April 16, 2002 "Dilemma" Released: June 25, 2002 "Air Force Ones" Released: November 7, 2002 "Work It" Released: February 25, 2003 "Pimp Juice" Released: April 1, 2003

Nellyville is the second studio album by American rapper Nelly, released on June 25, 2002.

Commercial Performance

The album debuted at number one on the Billboard charts with 714,000 records sold in its first week and remained in the top spot for 4 weeks. It was also nominated for "Album of the Year" at the 2003 Grammys. The album was certified 6× platinum by the RIAA on June 9, 2003^[1] and 4x platinum by the CRIA (400,000 copies) in December 2002.^[2]Nellyville has gone at least gold or platinum in over 30 countries.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Nellyville"	Cornell Haynes, Jr., Waiel Yaghnam	Waiel "Wally" Yaghnam	4:15
2.	"Gettin' It Started" (skit) (featuring Cedric the Entertainer & La La)			1:51
3.	"Hot in Herre"	Haynes, Charles Brown, Chad Hugo, Pharrell Williams	The Neptunes	3:48
4.	"Dem Boyz" (featuring St. Lunatics)	Haynes, Ali Jones, Jason Epperson, Robert Cleveland, Torhi Harper	Jason "Jay E" Epperson	4:34
5.	"Oh Nelly" (featuring Murphy Lee)	Haynes, Epperson	Jason "Jay E" Epperson	4:03
6.	"Pimp Juice"	Haynes, Epperson, B. Crutcher, C. Smith	Jason "Jay E" Epperson	4:52
7.	"Air Force Ones" (featuring St. Lunatics)	Haynes, Jones, Harper, Cleveland, Mark Williams, Joe Kent	Trackboyz	5:04
8.	"In the Store" (skit) (featuring Cedric the Entertainer & La La)			1:40
9.	"On the Grind" (featuring King Jacob)	Haynes, Epperson, King Jacob	Jason "Jay E" Epperson	4:46
10.	"Dilemma" (featuring Kelly Rowland)	Bam Bam, Pebbles, Bunny Sigler, Kenny Gamble, Haynes, Ryan Bowser	Bam, Ryan Bowser	4:49
11.	"Splurge"	Haynes, Epperson	Jason "Jay E" Epperson	5:09
12.	"Work It" (featuring Justin Timberlake)	Haynes, Epperson, Justin Timberlake	Jason "Jay E" Epperson	4:23
13.	"Roc the Mic" (Remix) (Beanie Sigel & Freeway featuring Nelly & Murphy Lee)	Dwight Grant, Haynes, Harper, Leslie Pridgen, Justin Smith	Just Blaze	4:18
14.	"The Gank"	Haynes, Yaghnam	Waiel "Wally" Yaghnam	4:49
15.	"5000" (skit)			2:11
16.	"#1"	Haynes, Yaghnam	Waiel "Wally" Yaghnam	3:19
17.	"CG 2" (featuring Kyjuan & Murphy Lee)	Haynes, Jones, Epperson, Cleveland, Harper	Jason "Jay E" Epperson	4:32
18.	"Say Now"	Haynes, Epperson	Jason "Jay E" Epperson	5:42
19.	"F*ck It Then" (skit) (featuring Cedric the Entertainer & La La)			1:39

UK bonus track
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
20.	"Stick out Ya Wrist" (featuring Toya)	Haynes, Toya Rodriguez		3:50

Personnel

Credits for Nellyville adapted from Allmusic.^[3]

Nelly - Executive Producer Ryan Bowser - Producer Sandy Brummels - Art Direction C-Love - Executive Producer Luis Conte - Percussion James Duncan - Assistant Engineer Steve Eigner - Guitar, Engineer Darren Frank - Assistant Engineer Brian Garten - Engineer Jennifer Havey - A&R Just Blaze - Producer La La - Performer Kevin Law - Executive Producer, A&R Marc Stephen Lee - Assistant Engineer Jonathan Mannion - Photography Daniel Milazzo - Assistant Engineer The Neptunes - Producer Herb Powers - Mastering Jeff Robinette - Mixing Assistant Robert Sims - Design Matt Still - Engineer Richard Travali - Mixing Waiel "Wally" Yaghnam - Producer Daniel Plewa- DJ

Charts

Chart (2002)	Peak position
Finnish Albums Chart[4]	6
German Albums Chart[5]	2
US Billboard 200	1
UK Albums Chart	2

Preceded by The Eminem Show by Eminem	Billboard 200 number-one album (First Run) July 7, 2002 - July 27, 2002	Succeeded by Busted Stuff by Dave Matthews Band
Preceded by The Rising by Bruce Springsteen	Billboard 200 number-one album (Second Run) August 25, 2002 - August 31, 2002	Succeeded by The Eminem Show by Eminem

References

1. ^ [1]
2. ^ "Gold & Platinum Certification – December 2002". Canadian Recording Industry Association. http://www.cria.ca/gold/1202_g.php. Retrieved 2010-08-20. 
3. ^ Credits: Nellyville. Allmusic. Retrieved on 2010-08-13.
4. ^ Kulta- ja platinalevyt IFPI.fi
5. ^ [2]